Acid Stain Concrete Garage Floor. Eagle acid stains create marbled variations of color eagle acid stains create marbled variations of color on cured concrete by chemical reaction with the minerals in the concrete. So we got the cleaner etcher and i spent a saturday cleaning one bay of the garage. Roughen the surface with sandpaper and clean thoroughly to ensure proper adhesion.
You want to acid stain just a few square inches of concrete and see what the result is. Instead of producing either an opaque or solid effect on your floor the stain goes through the pores of the concrete to create translucent tones that bring out an extra depth and dimension to your garage shop patio or other interior surface.
Water based stains can require more than one application of the stain if you want to deepen the color.
Rather than coating the floor in one entire color concrete stains create a pigmented marbled effect. Use a small test area before staining all of the concrete. Painted concrete garage floors. Instead of producing either an opaque or solid effect on your floor the stain goes through the pores of the concrete to create translucent tones that bring out an extra depth and dimension to your garage shop patio or other interior surface.